Musings of An Errant Scribe
Canadian physician and artillery officer, Lt. Col. John McCrae, wrote one of the most famous war poems ever penned—In Flanders Fields. In May of 1915, he composed the first draft during the Second Battle of Ypres on the Western Front in Belgium. He was second…
When … the last shot is fired and the cannons silenced, the thunder stops and the lightning flames out, the smoke clears and the fog lifts–and we’ve put down our swords, what will you do with us now? When … we leave the war but…
Was I young and naive when I left for war? Yes, now what? Was I shocked by what I saw? Yes, now what? Was I afraid at times? Yes, now what? Was I affected by this experience? Yes, now what? Was it a mark of…
